El Tovar Hotel

El Tovar Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
In 2017
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Location	Grand Canyon National Park, Rte. 8A, Grand Canyon, Arizona
Coordinates	36°03′27″N 112°08′14″W / 36.05750°N 112.13722°W / 36.05750; -112.13722
Area	4.1 acres (1.7 ha)
Built	1905
Architect	Charles Whittlesey
Architectural style	Swiss Chalet; Norway Villa
Part of	Grand Canyon Village Historic District (ID75000343)
NRHP reference No.	74000334[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 6, 1974
Designated NHL	May 28, 1987
Designated NHLDCP	February 18, 1987

The El Tovar Hotel, also known simply as El Tovar, is a former Harvey House hotel situated directly on the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, United States.

The hotel was designed by Charles Whittlesey, Chief Architect for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway and was opened in 1905 as one of a chain of hotels and restaurants owned and operated by the Fred Harvey Company in conjunction with the Santa Fe railway whose Grand Canyon Depot was 100 metres (330 ft) away. It is at the northern terminus of the Grand Canyon Railway, which was formerly a branch of the Santa Fe Railroad.

The hotel is one of only a handful of former Harvey House facilities that are still in operation, and is an early example of the style that would evolve into National Park Service Rustic architecture.^[2] It has been a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, since 2012.^[3]